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Information About: Union List of Artist Names

Subjects: art, artists, thesaurus

Description: The ULAN can be used as an authority file or data value standard in the documentation(cataloging, indexing, and description) of cultural heritage information. Building on consensus among its contributing projects and upon ranking according to scholarly usage, the ULAN establishes an "entry form" or heading that can be used as a collocative device or point of reference for all of the associated data relating to a particular artist or architect, including variant names, biographical information, and bibliographic citations.